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Warren Coleman hailed from Boston. He lived from 1900-1968. His brother was Ralph Coleman, "The Dean of Boston's Black Theatre". Warren's career was largely spent in NYC from the 1920's-1950's. He portrayed "Crown" in the original "Porgy and Bess". An avid fisherman, his family has visited Martha's Vineyard for nearly 60 years. He once had a restaurant called Sands of Gold on the Island.

Coleman died the day he was to meet the governor of Massachusetts to discuss a Boston library for the Performing Arts Hall of Fame (he felt the city was an appropriate choice because Sammy Davis, Jr. and Lena Horne, among others, began their careers there).